Urban landscape genetics: Canopy cover predicts gene flow between white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1360-1378

  Munshi South, Jason ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

circuit theory; gene flow; genetic differentiation; isolation by distance; least cost path; migration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; TREE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; NEW YORK CITY; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; URBANIZATION;

PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 84858082085     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05476.x     Document Type: Article

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